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Study Jams! Proportions

For Students 4th - 7th Standards
Join Zoe and Sam as they use proportions to budget money for their Green Earth Club. Watch as they set up and solve a series of proportions using cross multiplication and division. A great resource that brings together prior knowledge of...
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Circle Graphs

For Students 9th - 12th Standards
Pie isn't just for eating! Scholars learn to create pie charts and circle graphs to represent data. Given raw data, learners determine the percent of the whole for each category and then figure out the degree of the circle that percent...
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Curated OER

Building a Body: Scale, Proportion, and Ratio

For Teachers 9th - 10th
Learners measure, analyze, and compare the ancient Egyptian canon of proportions using a mummy, painted images, and photographs of people today.
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Order of Operations--Addition, Subtraction, Multiplication & Division

For Students 4th - 5th
In this interactive mathematical computation worksheet, students solve 12 problems by using the order of operations. Students type their answers into the text box.
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Curated OER

Multiplying Using The Lattice Method

For Students 4th - 5th
In this math activity, students use the lattice method to multiply larger numbers. They use the sample on page one to complete the eighteen problems.
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Transportation Math

For Teachers 4th - 5th
Students use mathematical operations to examine truck drivers and the math they use everyday. In this transportation math instructional activity, students read word problems that relate to transportation and the math needed to solve the...
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Quotients with Fractions and Decimal Fractions

For Students 4th - 6th
In this quotients with fractions and decimal fractions, students use their problem solving skills to solve the problems in 3 division tables.
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Using Recipes To Reinforce Fractions

For Teachers 3rd - 6th
Students calculate fractions used in various food recipes in this Math lesson with real world applications. The lesson is geared towards upper elementary students but can be adapted for various levels of learners. State math standards...
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Curated OER

Using Geometric Shapes To Make Patterns

For Teachers 6th
Sixth graders explore the use of shapes to create geometric patterns. they start with a simple example of dividing shapes in half to create two new ones. This can be extended to creating intricate patterns.
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Curated OER

Using Inequalities to Problem Solve

For Teachers 8th - 10th
Students explore inequalities. For this Algebra I lesson, students solve and graph linear inequalities involving addition, subtraction, multiplication, or division.  Students use inequalities to solve and graph real-world problems.
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Get a Line on Integers

For Teachers 6th - 8th
Middle schoolers explore number sense by completing math function problems in class. In this integers lesson, students define integers and practice plotting them on a number line. Middle schoolers utilize math functions such as addition...
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Curated OER

Functioning as a Team

For Teachers 9th - 12th
Students work as a team to build a freestanding bridge from newspapers and masking tape and analyze the effectiveness of their group. In this teamwork lesson, students view and summarize a video on Service Learning Projects. Students...
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Curated OER

I Breath What? Activity-Pollution Detector Worksheet

For Teachers 7th - 9th
In this pollution worksheet, learners collect particles using a pollution detector and then observe their results under the microscope.  They calculate the average number of particles collected in three different locations. They...
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Solve Multistep Equations

For Students 9th
In this multi-step equations worksheet, 9th graders solve and complete twenty-four different problems that include using a graphing calculator to complete. First, they solve for x in the first section. Then, students solve using the same...
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Curated OER

Know Your Energy Costs

For Teachers 6th - 12th
Students calculate energy costs using a formula and complete a cost chart. In this energy costs activity, students analyze the cost of electrical energy and find ways to conserve it.
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Curated OER

Student - Designed Density Experiment and Poster

For Students 6th - 8th
In this student-designed experiment worksheet, learners decide on an experimental problem to solve. Students use the scientific method to perform an experiment and record the data. Learners calculate the density of liquid used in the...
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When the Snow is as High as an Elephant

For Teachers 9th - 12th Standards
High schoolers study the concept of mean values using a data plot. Learners enter the given data in the activity to create their data table. They use the data table to calculate the mean of the snowfall percentage provided in the...
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Curated OER

Working with Scientific Notation

For Students 8th - 10th
In this scientific notation worksheet, students are given directions to add, subtract, multiply and divide using scientific notation. They complete twenty four problems and express their answers in scientific notation.
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What is an Average?

For Students 4th - 6th
In this averages instructional activity, students practice finding the averages of numbers. They use a chart with data to find the average number of wildfires in four states between 1993 and 1996.
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Geological Time Scale

For Students 9th - 12th
In this geological time worksheet, student use a geologic time scale to understand the difference between eons, eras, and periods. Then students complete 2 short answer questions.
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Scarcity, Choice and Decisions

For Teachers 10th - 12th
Students study the basic economic trilogy (scarcity, choice, and costs). In this money management instructional activity, students use a scenario of a High School Prom to calculate how scarcity, choice and cost apply by completing...
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Math Mammoth

Area- Perimeter- Volume

For Students 7th - 9th
In this geometry worksheet, students use a grid to draw 3 different rectangles that have an area of 20 square units and determine the perimeter of each rectangle. They draw and answer questions related to the relationships and uses of...
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Curated OER

Craters on the Moon

For Students 8th - 10th
In this moon craters instructional activity, students use a high resolution image of the lunar surface and calculate the image scale in meters per millimeter. They use the image scale to find the largest crater in the image, the smallest...
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Curated OER

Converting Celsius to Fahrenheit

For Teachers 7th - 9th
Students convert from Celsius to Fahrenheit. In this converting lesson, students explore temperature conversions. They use a thermometer to determine the temperature of given items.